chilton



(No Model.)

F. H. CHILTON.

DRAWER PULL.

Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

WITNESSES:

ATTOR/VE N. PETERS. Pholn-Lilhogrzphar, Washington, D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

FRANKLIN H. CHILTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES V. .FAILE, OF SAME PLACE.

DRAWER-PULL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,013, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed June 1, 1887. Serial No. 239,934. 7 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN H. CHILTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Pulls, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in drawer-pulls; and it consists of the elements hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention, apart from cheapness and simplicity of construction, is to produce a drawer-pull adapted, when in position, to present a smooth finished surface on the inner side of the drawer and a suitable head on the outer side of the drawer incapable of turning on its spindle and arranged to receive the drop-ring or handle.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of-a drawer-pull embodying the invention, the section being on the line 00 x of Fig. 2, which is a sectional view on the line Y Y of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line Z Z of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a view of the double-pointed tack hereinafter referred to. Fig. 5 is a transverse longitudinal section of a modified form of drawer-pullembodying some of the features of the invention. Fig. 6 is an end view of the cylindrical spindle shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 a view of the tack used therewith.

A in the drawings designates a fiat plate of appropriate length to pass almost entirely through the aperture B in the furniture, and having an enlarged shank end or head, 0, the edges of which adjoining the main portion of the plate form laterally-projecting shoulders D D. Upon the inner end of the plate A are formed, during the subsequent stages of the manufacture, the oppositelyprojecting lips E E, hereinafter described, prior to the cutting of which the thimble F is passed upon the head 0 from the inner end of the plate A, the end of the thimble being provided with aslot, G, to permit this movement, and the slot being of suitable width and length to snugly fit around the plate, the solid end of the thimble adjacent to the ends of the slot being adapted to rest firmly against the shoulders D D. After the thimble F has been ,passed over the head 0 from the point end of the plate A, the thimble His passed upon the thimble F from (and closing) the open end thereof, after which the apertures I J are cut through the opposite sides of said thimbles preparatory to receiving the opposite ends of the band K, constituting the drop-ring 'or handle.

The thimble F is prevented from turning on the head G by reason of the closefitting slot G, and the thimble His rendered incapable of revolving on the thimble F owing to its close fit and the fact that the ends of the band K pass entirely through the apertures I J Within the end of the thimble H is dropped a metal disk, at, the purpose of which is merely to afford a double thickness of material at the outer end of the thimble, so as to avoid liability of the same being indented if accidentally struck.

In the inner end of the plate A are cut the oppositely-projectinglips E E, above referred to, one being on each side of the center of the plate, and serving as guides for the points of the pins L L, connected with the head M, the whole forming what may be called for convenience a double-pointed tack. After the plate A has been passed through the escutchcon N and aperture B, the pins L L are inserted into the aperture B from the inner side of the piece of furniture, the pins being inclined toward each other and passing inward, one on each side of the plate A, until they strike the lips E E, when they will be directed by said lips through the aperture 0 in the plate across the path of each other and into the opposite walls of the aperture B, thus securing the plate in position. the pins, prior to being inserted in the aperture B, may be bent toward each other, so as to facilitate their entrance through the aperture O in the plate and their passage across each others' path. The head M covers the inner end of the aperture B and presents a fin ished surface, at the same time preventing any strain on the handle from withdrawing the plate A through theaperture B.

The modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 5 will be readily understood. The tube 1 is substituted for the plate-spindle A, and

The points of the points of the pins L are bent outward instead of inward, so as to be properly deflected by the inwardly-turned lips E cut from the tube.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a drawer-pull, the plate A, havingthe head G and shoulders D, combined with the sheet-metal thimble F, having the slot G and side apertures I, the sheet-metal thinible H, having corresponding side apertures J, and the band K, the closed end of the inner thii'nble bearing against the shoulders D, and the closed end of the thiinble H closing the outer or open end of the thinible F, substantially as set forth.

2. In a drawer-pull, the sheet-metal spindle having on its outer end a drop-handle and on its inner portion the deflecting lips E E out therefrom and leaving apertures therein, com- 20 bined with the double-pointed tack consisting of the pins L L and head M, said pins being adapted to be deflected through the apertures in the spindle and into the wood by said lips, while thehead of the tack closes the 25 inner end of the aperture in the drawer, leaving a finished surface, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 26th day of 30 March, A. D. 1887.

FRANKLIN H. CHILTON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, W. A. O. Murine. 

